Development and usage of wiki-based software for point-of-care emergency medical information.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To describe the creation and evaluate the usage of the first medical wiki linked to dedicated mobile applications.

Methods

With the support of multiple current and past contributors, we developed an emergency medicine wiki linked to offline mobile applications (WikEM) in 2009. First deployment was at the Harbor-UCLA Medical Center emergency medicine residency program, with the wiki later opened to public use. To evaluate the project, we performed a post hoc analysis of system use and surveyed 8 years of current and past residents. Outcomes included website and application analytics, as well as survey analysis by composite response categories.

Results

Over the 6-year period of this project, the wiki grew to over 7250 pages and 45 500 edits. The website receiv

SUBMITTER: Donaldson RI 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11960769 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature